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Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Hot Seat at D — While he has presided over a number of events since taking over as Apple CEO last year, Tuesday night promises to offer a new look inside the mind of Tim Cook. — Cook, as Steve Jobs did several times during his career, is taking the stage at D …

Google launches Chromebook, Chromebox & gets it right — We often joke Google is like the old Microsoft — getting things wrong, bumbling its way into new markets, and getting things right on the third try. This seems to be quite true of Google's efforts to develop a cloud PC.

Xbox Beyond the Box — Next week, the Xbox team heads to Los Angeles for E3. Having recently joined the team, I have the benefit of fresh perspective, and one of the things that has struck me is the amount of opportunities we have ahead. — Before joining Xbox, I had the fortune …

Improving performance on twitter.com — To connect you to information in real time, it's important for Twitter to be fast. That's why we've been reviewing our entire technology stack to optimize for speed. — When we shipped #NewTwitter in September 2010, we built it around …

Apple's Crystal Prison and the Future of Open Platforms — Two weeks ago, Steve Wozniak made a public call for Apple to open its platforms for those who wish to tinker, tweak and innovate with their internals. — EFF supports Wozniak's position: while Apple's products have many virtues …

Technicolor Dissects IPhones In Hunt For Patent Payoff — When Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s next iPhone hits store shelves, Technicolor SA (TCH)'s engineers will rush to get the handset — not to make calls or play games, but to rip it apart. — Technicolor, an unprofitable French company that invented …

Google: Search Activity Rising Following Revamp — Google said it has seen a noticeable increase in activity on its vaunted Web-search in the two weeks since the company began one of the biggest search transformations in its history. — People doing Web searches now see a big box …

Xamarin abandons its Silverlight for Linux technology — Summary: Moonlight, the open-source implementation of Silverlight for Linux and Unix, is no more. — Given the continued downplaying by Microsoft of Silverlight, it shouldn't be too surprising that the Moonlight implementation of Silverlight for Linux/Unix is no more.